Gay youths are still ending their lives over the pain of being called this word. If society is outdated, and we need to move past slurs, why would society want to take back the "f word" instead of erasing it from our venacular?

RuPaul's Drag Race alum DiDa Ritz posted tweets in which he defended Azealia Banks' use of the slur "faggot" and suggested that gay kids who face discrimination and abuse should just ignore it and grow a "thick skin." I was stunned, so I wanted to give DiDa a chance to fully explain his views.